Art-istic OR Art-ificial?: The 4th Athens Fashion Film Festival returns from Tuesday 14 March to Thursday 16 March 2023 at the Athens Conservatory with free admission, with priority tickets, in a three-day event that features contemporary culture: films, fashion, discussions, gatherings, masterclasses and… artificial intelligence.
With AI in human creativity as its central theme, the 4th AFFF extends its open dialogue with fashion, film and art and explores their relationship with AI. At the same time, it explores the disruptive generation of Zoomers while staying true to the themes it sets each year, such as sustainability, inclusion, female empowerment and the circular economy.
For this year’s AFFF visual identity, a series of unpredictable and allegorical illustrations were created, starring anthropomorphic animals as found in fairy tales and myths, in a bizarre/unorthodox fashion world that surrounds them, as “imagined” by artificial intelligence using Midjourney, a text-to-image AI, in art direction by Nicole Alexandropoulos and graphic designer Karina Shabanova.
The full programme and events of the 4th AFFF will be announced soon.
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A note from the Creative Director
“Art-istic OR Art-ificial?” This is what I have been asking myself for some time now as I follow developments internationally in both the Arts and AI fields. So this year we wanted to shed some light on this relationship at the 4th AFFF through films and discussions that will inform, reflect and certainly inspire us.
For yet another year, we have at our side the staple institutional supporters of the AFFF, such as the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Italian Embassy, the Municipality of Athens, the Athens Film Office, EKOME, the Italian Institute, but also our new major supporter, the Region of Attica.
I am particularly happy this year for the valuable educational synergies, such as with the SDA Bocconi School of Management, with the SEMMI NTUA in the area of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with the Department of Creative Design and Clothing of the International Hellenic University, as well as with the Hellenic Designers Association, with whom together and with distinguished guests we are preparing discussions around the central theme of the 4th AFFF.
In this year’s programme there will be screenings and discussions on themes that are not mere concepts, but the values that have permeated the festival since its birth.
I look forward to seeing you in person.
Nicole Alexandropoulos,
Founder & Artistic Director of AFFF
Meet Our Team
ORGANIZED BY
Athens Cultural Creatives
FOUNDER | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Nicole Alexandropoulos
FESTIVAL COORDINATORS
Tasos Alevras
Christos Karalias
HEAD OF PROGRAMMING | MATERIALS COORDINATION
Thodoris Karamanolis
PRESS & COMMUNICATION
L’Agence 12|22
SCREENINGS TECH COORDINATOR
Manolis Melissourgos
FESTIVAL HEAD SECRETARY
Natasa Koumi
CREATIVE DESIGN & PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL DESIGN
Karina Shabanova
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Viktoras Marios Angelidis LinkedIn
A big thank you to our amazing Volunteers:
Alexandra Siouti
Alexia Skourtsi
Andrea Barakat
Asterianna Arvaniti Apsokardou
Carol Salama
Danae Katsarou
Danae Kinova
Dimitra Malkogianni
Eleni Simsiroglou
Evangelos Dimitropoulos
Hana Afifi
Ioanna Konstantinou
Katerina Adrianou
Katerina Gianniri
Marina Apostolatos
Mary Leonardou
Matea Merthiri
Nefeli Tsingeli
Nicoleta-Maria Polydoropoulou
Olympia Vlas
Stamatia Gounari
Vangelis Dimitropoulos
Vasiliki Makri
Viktoras Marios Angelidis